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O Lord of hosts, the fight is long
Author: Ella Sophia Armitage, 1841- Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Brotherly Love and Service Used With Tune: PENTECOST
O Lord of hosts, the fight is long
WINCHESTER NEW
Appears in 412 hymnals Incipit: 51566 54334 32554 Used With Text: O Lord of hosts, the fight is long
WINCHESTER NEW
ST. DROSTANE
Appears in 134 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. B. Dykes, Mus. Doc. Incipit: 51512 32154 3222 Used With Text: O Lord of hosts, the fight is long
ST. DROSTANE
O Lord of hosts, the fight is long
Author: Ella S. Armitage Hymnal: The Sunday School Hymnary #577 (1906) Languages: English Tune Title: WINCHESTER NEW
O Lord of hosts, the fight is long
O Lord of hosts, the fight is long
Author: Ella Sophia Armitage, 1841- Hymnal: The Book of Praise #591 (1918) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Life Brotherly Love and Service Languages: English Tune Title: PENTECOST
O Lord of hosts, the fight is long
O Lord of hosts, the fight is long
Author: Ella S. Armitage Hymnal: Worship Song #789 (1905) Topics: People's Meetings Temperance Languages: English Tune Title: ST. DROSTANE
O Lord of hosts, the fight is long
Ella S. Armitage
1841 - 1931 Author of "O Lord of hosts, the fight is long" in The Sunday School Hymnary E. S. A. The initials of Ella Sophia Armitage, née Bulley, daughter of S. M. Bulley, of Liverpool, and granddaughter of T. Raffles, D.D. (p. 948, ii.). She was born at Liverpool, March 3, 1841, and married in 1874 to the Rev. E. Armitage, M.A., now (1891) Theological Professor in the Congregational United College, Bradford. Mrs. Armitage has published: (1) The Childhood of the English Nation; (2) The Connection of England and Scotland; (3) The Education of a Christian Home; and (4) a Service of Song entitled The Garden of the Lord, Lond., Novello, 1881. In the last work there are 16 of her original hymns. Mrs. Armitage's hymns in common use include:—
1. Eternal Love, Whose law doth sway. Holy Matrimony. Written in 1879 for the marriage of George F. Armitage.
2. Except the Lord the temple build. Laying Foundation-Stone of Sunday School. Written at Waterhead, Oldham, in 1875 for the laying of the foundation-stone of a new Sunday school.
3. In our dear Lord's garden. Christ’s love for Children, Written at Waterhead in 1881, and published in The Garden of the Lord.
4. It is the Lord Himself who tends. Christ the Divine Gardener. Written for The Garden of the Lord, 1881.
5. March on, march on, ye soldiers true. Missions. Written at Waterhead, Oldham, circa 1886, for a missionary meeting.
6. Not only for the goodly fruit-trees tall. Christ's care of Children. Written at Waterhead, Oldham, for The Garden of the Lord, 1881.
7. 0 Father, in Thy Father's heart. Holy Baptism. Written for the Congregational Church Hymnal, 1887.
8. 0 Lord of all, we bring to Thee our sacrifice of praise. Sunday School Festival. Written at Waterhead, Oldham, circa 1879, for a Whitsuntide Sunday school festival.
9. 0 Lord of life, and love, and power. Living to God. Written at Waterhead, Oldham, in 1875, for the opening of a new Sunday school, and published in The Garden of the Lord, 1881.
All these hymns are in the Congregational Church Hymnal, 1887; Nos. 2, 8, in the Methodist Free Church Hymns, 1889 ; Nos. 3, 4, in the S. S. Union Service Book for Church & School, 1891; and Nos. 1, 5, and 9 in Hunter's Hymns of Faith & Life, Glasgow, 1889. Taken as a whole, Mrs. Armitage's hymns are exceptionally good.
--John Julian Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Armitage, Ella S., p. 1560, ii., under E. S. A. Since 3892, the following additional hymns by Mrs. Armitage have come into common use:
1. O Lord of Hosts, the fight is long. [Temperance.] Written by request for Horder's Hys. Suppl. to Existing Collections., 1894, No. 1226. It is also in The Methodist Hymn Book., 1904, and Horder's Worship Song, 1903.
2. Praise for the Garden of God upon earth. [Flower Services.] Published in her Garden of the Lord, 1881. It is an unusually good hymn for Flower Services.
3. The day of prayer is ending. [Evening.] Published in Horder's Hymns Suppl., &c, 1894, and hisWorship Song, 1905.
4. Though home be dear, and life be sweet. [Earth not our Home] Written for a Service of Song (not published), and included in Horder's Hymns Supplement, 1894, and his Worship Song, 1905. It is all in The Pilgrim Hymnal, Boston, U.S.A., 1904.
Mrs. Armitage's hymns are becoming widely used, both in America and at home.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Ella S. Armitage
John Bacchus Dykes
1823 - 1876 Person Name: J. B. Dykes, Mus. Doc. Composer of "ST. DROSTANE" in Worship Song As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern.
Bert Polman
John Bacchus Dykes
William Boyd
1847 - 1928 Person Name: William Boyd, 1847- Composer of "PENTECOST" in The Book of Praise William Boyd Jamaica 1847-1928. Born at Montego Bay, he studied under Sabine-Baring Gould, and attended Worcester College,Oxford. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1877, eventually becoming Vicar at All Saints Church, Norfolk Square, London.
John Perry
William Boyd
